If you follow me on Facebook, you already know that I was privileged to work with Jack Wallen on a trilogy for DevilDog. Jack came up with the original idea and we ran with it. I’ll be honest, that first volume was rough. It took us a while to get our vibe on but once we did, the next two books flowed like warm honey.

Once we had finished with Congregation, I had the momentum going but nothing else to work on. I came up with another idea. It was just a fleeting idea, but it took root and began to grow.

In my earliest days of trying to become a writer, I was told that all monsters were fair game, EXCEPT, don’t write about Bigfoot. Sasquatch, Mountain Ape, Stone Monkey, Wood Booger, whatever you choose to call him, do not, under any circumstances, write about that particular elusive forest primate.
Ever.
EVER EVER.
Look at me now, being a rebel.
I just hope it doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass.

But I couldn’t help myself. I’ve always been a huge fan of Bigfoot and have planned for years to go camping in areas where they are supposed to be just to test my luck and hope to have an encounter.

For those who don’t know (I didn’t until I looked it up), Genoskwa is an Iroquois legend known as “ot ne yar hed” or “ot ne yar heh”, meaning “Stone Giant Man”. Genoskwa is Sasquatch’s larger, heavier, more aggressive cousin. They are known to twist the heads off people, decapitating them. Yeah, I had fun with that. I also pulled lore from other Sasquatch stories and compiled them together for this story.

Here’s the rough, unedited back blurb:
While tracking a potential terrorist cell, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force sends a field team to investigate. Traveling deep into the Catskill Mountains, the Albany field office discovers something far more terrifying than a terrorist training camp.
With more questions than answers, the JTTF team gathers their evidence and prepares to leave the forest when all Hell breaks loose. What started as a routine investigation quickly turned into a fight for survival against a foe that knows every inch of the terrain they are fighting on.
Nobody fights harder than when they are defending their home. Add the burning desire for vengeance and the battle becomes a war!

Special thanks go out to Allen Gamboa, Peter Ostini, Sherry Gabaldon, Frank Riley, Jim Chrisco, Monty Smalls, Douglas Fertig, Chris Davis, Alex Montgomery, John Lawson, Ken Oberlin, and Nick Waldron for allowing me to use their names as characters/victims. Even bigger thanks go out to my cousin Terri Stalcup for speed-reading the manuscript and offering her honest feedback. As always, your efforts are very much appreciated! I really don’t know what I’d do without my support team.

Okay, so that catches you up. If you enjoy my stories, then you’ll have a few to chew on shortly. The Congregation is currently on pre-order at Amazon. I believe the trilogy drops on June 27th. Genoskwa is currently in the second round of editing and will be released whenever the preproduction work is concluded and DevilDog can get it set up for retail sales.

Until next time, dear readers here is wishing you much love, luck, and bacon!

Heath